Open AccessProphylaxis of Infective Endocarditis: A Cross Sectional Survey among Physician Members of the Portuguese Society of Cardiology
Author(s) -
Catarina Sousa,
Ana G. Almeida,
Fausto J. Pinto
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
acta médica portuguesa
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.316
H-Index - 21
eISSN - 1646-0758
pISSN - 0870-399X
DOI - 10.20344/amp.17379
Subject(s) - infective endocarditis , medicine , endocarditis , observational study , portuguese , incidence (geometry) , family medicine , cross sectional study , descriptive statistics , antibiotic prophylaxis , pediatrics , intensive care medicine , antibiotics , pathology , philosophy , linguistics , physics , optics , statistics , mathematics , microbiology and biotechnology , biology
In the last decade, the downgrading of indications for antibiotic prophylaxis for infective endocarditis caused an uncertain impact on the incidence of this condition. Since no data is available on the practice of infective endocarditis prophylaxis in Portugal, we aimed to characterize the pattern of antibiotic use for infective endocarditis prophylaxis and the compliance/awareness of scientific guidelines among physician members of the Portuguese Society of Cardiology.